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Wendy’s to close hundreds of restaurants

Rob Beschizza
Feb 16, 2026
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Wendy’s plans to close 5%-6% of its restauraunts in the United States within months and allow others to skip breakfast. With 6,000 outlets, that means more than 300 “underperforming” venues will soon be gone.

Wendy’s interim CEO Ken Cook: “By closing consistently underperforming restaurants, we are enabling our franchise partners to increase focus on loc…

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